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Commission for Farm Workers' Rights
Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
http://cfwr.tripod.com
Farmworker Justice Fund
Monitoring, analysis and ways to get involved on issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including labor and employment, occupational safety and health, farmworker women, immigration, and access to the justice system.
http://www.fwjustice.org
Fact Sheet No.24, The Rights of Migrant Workers
Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs24.htm
International Labour Migration
Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/
Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart
Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1082875,00.html
BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation'
A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3060061.stm
OneWorld.net - Migrant workers' rights: A breakthrough?
Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/74234/1/
Migrants.Net
Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong.
http://www.migrants.net
International Migrant Workers: Oregon State Archives
Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/osu/osuintwork.html
Justica For Migrant Workers
Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).
http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org
The Migrant Experience
Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
The Special Plight Of Migrant Workers
Radio Netherlands article by by Arjan Schippers examines the conditions faced by migrant workers in Europe.
http://www.rnw.nl/society/html/migrant020102.html
Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain
Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-6878-f0.cfm
Migrant Workers
Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/genact/socprot/migrant/
Migrant Workers - Ireland
Information for migrant workers in Ireland.
http://www.ictu.ie/html/yrights/rmigrant.html
The Migrant Workers
Background from a website on the works of John Steinbeck, author of the Grapes of Wrath.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~anny/thepeople.html
Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery
Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
http://www.fidh.org/magmoyen/rapport/2003/il1806a.pdf
Migrant Workers: who benefits?
Summary and recommendations coming out of a conference held by the United Nations Association of the United Kingdom in 2002. Full report in PDF format available for download.
http://www.una-uk.org/HR/migrantrights.html
Migration Network
Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.
http://www.lnf.org.lb/migrationnetwork/migrant.html
The Human Rights of Migrant Workers
Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education.
http://www.pdhre.org/rights/migrants.html
Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry
Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html
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